DVD and Blu-Ray from BFI By Alan Price “Why can one never do a natural thing without screening it behind a structure of artifice?” That observation by... Continue reading
Image: CCA 3.0 By Wayne Dean-Richards “Maybe the Mona Lisa on a good day. Forget the rest.” White-haired and blue-suited, James Wheatley wasn’t noted for his... Continue reading
In this instalment of Our Culture, we explore the contradictions at the heart of one of the world’s most profitable and precarious creative industries: video games. Scott... Continue reading
On Saturday 29 November, the Birmingham Clarion Singers will give a free afternoon concert in All Saints Church, Kings Heath — a tribute to Alan Bush, exactly... Continue reading
By Nick Moss Jamal Khashoggi believed that / women today should have the same rights as men/ that/ ordinary people in the Arab world should/ through a... Continue reading
Book cover artwork is by Martyna Sabadasz By Jonathan Wonham These five poems are extracts from the above book Diary of a Spice Seller by Mohammed Yasser... Continue reading
Ruins of Beit Lahia, in the Gaza Strip, destroyed by Israeli bombardments By Rod Whitworth I can’t find the code to unlock thisslippery image of hot dust,to... Continue reading
St. George’s flags: commons image By S. J. Litherland In the pit villages where abandoned corridorsrun underground, where there is nothing to seeon Front Street except empty... Continue reading
The book is available here By Father Geoff Bottoms If the traditional portrayal of Mary Magdalene, as handed down in a patriarchal Church, is that of a... Continue reading
Robin Hood, now streaming on MGM+ and Amazon By Dennis Broe These days, the Robin Hood myth, legend and factual account continue to exert a powerful pull,... Continue reading